September 27 2012, Mickey Doft
Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes a player’s results over six half-year periods. Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier maintains a slim lead on Jason Mercier for the No. 1 spot. For a look at the entire list of 300, visit the official GPI website.
The Top 10 as of September 24, 2012
2,381.18 | – | ||
10 | Shawn Buchanan | 2,375.26 | – |
There were no changes in the top 10 this week, but the action at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe will result in some movement by next week.
Welcome to the GPI
Ten players are new to this week’s GPI, led by Yorane Kerignard at No. 190 following his win in the WPT Malta Main Event for “120,000.
New Additions
Yorane Kerignard | 1,316.69 | 190th |
Alex Queen | 1,193.69 | 233rd |
Chance Kornuth | 1,192.81 | 235th |
Justin Zaki | 1,188.67 | 238th |
Chris Bjorin | 1,183.37 | 243rd |
David Diaz | 1,179.48 | 244th |
Thiago Nishijima | 1,155.71 | 254th |
Dan Murariu | 1,144.48 | 259th |
Tyler Patterson | 1,137.87 | 269th |
Marc Inizan | 1,110.62 | 283rd |
Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Chad Brown, Fred Goldberg, Justin Conley, Kevin Calenzo, Kunal Patel, Raj Vohra, Simeon Naydenov, Tim West, and Viktor Blom fell from the GPI this week.
Ups and Downs
The biggest rise of the week belonged to Allen Cunningham. With a 41st-place finish in the WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship Event, Cunningham now has a full Period 1 slate of scores.
Biggest Gains
101st | Vyacheslav Igin | 1,601.42 | +41 |
127th | Kyle Bowker | 1,524.74 | +37 |
137th | Mickey Petersen | 1,497.29 | +58 |
140th | Alessio Isaia | 1,488.02 | +56 |
148th | Steve Brecher | 1,454.75 | +36 |
171st | Vinny Pahuja | 1,369.93 | +59 |
183rd | Chris Tryba | 1,334.45 | +39 |
192nd | Allen Cunningham | 1,314.55 | +74 |
223rd | Brandon Cantu | 1,224.66 | +51 |
225th | Ben Vinson | 1,220.34 | +30 |
John Racener took the biggest hit this week. His period 2 is completely empty after his 35th-place finish in the 2011 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship Event aged into Period 3.
Biggest Drops
144th | Darryll Fish | 1,478.08 | -39 |
169th | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | 1,379.42 | -29 |
222nd | Simon Ravnsbaek | 1,229.61 | -49 |
239th | John Racener | 1,186.98 | -51 |
242nd | Matt Giannetti | 1,184.27 | -50 |
258th | Jeff Madsen | 1,144.72 | -29 |
278th | Marc-Andre Laouceur | 1,118.24 | -33 |
281st | Arnaud Mattern | 1,116.16 | -42 |
298th | Konstantin Streletskiy | 1,086.55 | -48 |
What’s In Store?
With the 2012 WSOPE in full swing, some GPIers have already posted results that will take shape in next week’s rankings. Roger Hairabedian (No. 52) and Antonio Esfandiari (No. 106) have each claimed bracelets and will see a nice rise in their GPI standing. Michael Mizrachi (No. 13), Oleksii Kovalchuk (No 58), and John Monnette (No. 128) are among those who have final tables, and many more notables will also earn crucial GPI points, too, in the next week as the series continues.
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September 26 2012, Brett Collson
Who’s the latest high-profile pro to speak out about Howard Lederer and Full Tilt Poker? We’re bringing you that story, plus more on the unbelievable run by a micro-stakes grinder in the WCOOP Main Event, in this edition of the Nightly Turbo.
In Case You Missed It
Didn’t have time to watch every episode of The Lederer Files? Check out the recap written by Chad Holloway.
Antonio Esfandiari won his third WSOP bracelet on Tuesday. Read about his incredible story and more in the WSOP Europe Day 5 recap.
Did you miss ESPN’s coverage of the World Series of Poker on Tuesday night? Get caught up in our weekly recap.
Former Survivor contestant Amanda Kimmel has made the transition to poker. Chad Holloway caught up with Kimmel to learn a little more about her venture into the poker world.
Shootout tournaments offer a different style of poker to the World Series of Poker schedule every year. Sarah Grant caught up with 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event winner Oliver Speidel to get some shootout strategy.
Tennis icon Rafael Nadal has been picking up plenty of poker pointers since joining Team PokerStars in July. Check out The Muck to see Nadal’s latest lesson about bluffing.
Tom Dwan on The Lederer Files
When PokerStars completed the deal to purchase the assets of Full Tilt Poker in July, former FTP Team Pro Tom Dwan seemed ready to discuss his thoughts on the demise of his former employer. In fact, Dwan promised his Twitter followers that he would write a blog or do an interview to talk about the issue. Neither happened.
On Tuesday, though, Dwan discussed his views on Full Tilt Poker after watching The Lederer Files here at PokerNews.com and reading the recent Andy Bloch interview at DiamondFlushPoker.com. Surprising to many, Dwan said he believes most of what the two former FTP owners said, and that their comments lined up with independent information that he knew.
Still, Dwan admits that he made a mistake by not speaking up when he should have.
As we reported in Tuesday’s Nightly Turbo, Howard Lederer will be joining the TwoPlusTwo PokerCast Wednesday for a follow-up interview to The Lederer Files. He’ll also be speaking with Diamond Flush later this week.
Read all of Dwan’s comments at his Twitter page.
Maratik’s $1 Million Freeroll
On Tuesday, we brought you the incredible story of “maratik,” the Russian microstakes grinder who qualified for a free seat to the $5,200 buy-in PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and turned it into a $1 million payday. If you want to see how “maratik” emerged as the improbable champ, the final table highlight show provided by PokerStars.tv can be found below. Commentary is provided by Nick Wealthall and special guest Rupert Elder.
Read the inclusive recap of maratik’s victory at the PokerStars Blog.
Global Poker Index Player of the Year Update
The Global Poker Index Player of the Year standings were released on Wednesday with Dan Smith again on top of the standings.
Smith maintained his lead for the sixth consecutive week thanks to his five major victories on the circuit this year. With 1,010 points, Smith leads his next closest competitor, Andrew Lichtenberger, by nearly 200 points. Lichtenberger, Marvin Rettenmaier and Kyle Julius round out the top four, respectively.
The only movement in the Top 10 this week came from David Baker and Jonathan Duhamel, who swapped places in the rankings. Baker jumped one spot to No. 5 after his 14th place finish in World Series of Poker Europe Event #1. Duhamel, who spent the first 13 weeks atop the GPI Player of the Year rankings, dropped to No. 6.
Others making moves outside of the top 10 were Roberto Romanello (up 13 spots to No. 17), Phil Hellmuth (up 16 spots to No. 29), Kyle Bowker (up 39 spots to No. 88), Govert Metaal (up 52 spots to No. 55), Vyacheslav Igin (up 30 spots to No. 63), and Micah Raskin (up 45 spots to No. 72).
Here’s a look at the Top 10 of the Global Poker Index Player of the Year standings:
1 | Dan Smith | 1010.74 | – |
2 | Andrew Lichtenberger | 819.75 | +- |
3 | Marvin Rettenmaier | 802.42 | – |
4 | Kyle Julius | 796.94 | – |
5 | David Baker | 767.55 | +1 |
6 | Jonathan Duhamel | 741.23 | -1 |
7 | Phil Ivey | 713.43 | – |
8 | Mohsin Charania | 669.91 | – |
9 | Daniel Negreanu | 661.97 | – |
10 | Justin Bonomo | 650.79 | - |
The Global Poker Index Player of the Year, presented by PokerNews, honors the player who has the strongest performance in live tournaments during the calendar year, according to the USA Today Global Poker Index point system.
For the full GPI Player of the Year standings, head on over to GlobalPokerIndex.com.
LAPT Panama
This week, the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) breaks new ground with its first visit ever to Panama. LAPT Panama kicks off on Thursday with the $2,300 Main Event, with the final table taking place on Sunday, Sept. 30.
The Main Event will have two Day 1 flights, with the fields combining for Day 2 on Friday. On Saturday, the remaining players will work their way down to a final table of eighth, and the first-ever LAPT Panama winner will be crowned on Sunday.
In addition to the Main Event, LAPT Panama will host a series of side events, including a two-day $4,700 buy-in High Roller starting on Saturday, Sept. 29. The full schedule of events can be found at LAPT.com.
To follow along with live updates from the Main Event, be sure to visit the PokerStars Blog all week long. We’ll also provide daily recaps right here in the Nightly Turbo.
Who Would You Rather: Daniel Negreanu
On Wednesday, Daniel Negreanu found himself at a very talkative table at the World Series of Poker Europe “3,250 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout. Sarah Grant asked Negreanu several questions about his tablemates for the latest edition of Who Would You Rather.
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